The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-10-14

whirh IS frequently done in . great
many cases. 1t is also true that while
Justice Jones heard but little Of the
testimony in the case, he was and is
frank to admit that had he sat in the
trial ct the case he certainly would
have rendered a verdict Of acquittal,
the same as was Gone by Justice Wood.
will state that in my experience Of
twenty-five years l have never seen or
heard Of a more diabolieal attempt to
swear away the lie Of an innocent
person.
In regard to the writer of the article
i'll The Bee wherein / am accused OF
sending Il dispatch that is untrue | will
say that the writer Of tie same, be be
whomsoever he may, is a wilful, |
malicious liar and a coward, who, at a
distance OF 400 miles away utters words /
that he dare not use in my presence.
Nov as to the last proposition in tho ;
Bee which reads thus: ut would seem
under all the circumstances that the
dispatch was smuggied into print by
parties who are Interested for certain
reasons, in beSmearciiins the character
of the lady. If possible she hopes to be
able at no distant day to prove this.|
and possibly to show mp a conspiracy"
In reply to the last proposition, like the
others that proceeded il, ! will say it is
false, and untrue. No one in this COM
muni.y would conspire against her orI
anyone else.
Mrs. Reid brought this %notoriety
about by getting on a drunk. Whiskey
is no respcc:or Of persons, not even
those ofAigh soc;al standing. AS to her
heing abb to show up a conspiracy
such is not possible. and whilc l am
willing to admit that i'll this I baye left
many things unsaid that l could have
said. defy her or her Omaha lawyer
or anyone else TO say there is one word
contained in this article that is not
absolutely true. If they do so-and II
hope they will-for then in my reply
l will lay the wAole nailed truth ride |
oreM to the public gaze. The "fenale
cattle queen" as the Bee duhs her
uses language that is more expressive
than elegant; and, by the way, | will
say that Mrs. Reid is not a email, deli
cate female of tender years, but is q
strong and powerful woman of the
mature age of about forty. and in her
testimony before Judge Wood, she
boosted that when the "nigger William
| attempted to take undue liberties with
! her she kicked lin out Of the buggy
| and drove off. and left him OH the
prairie" This occurred about ii 80
p. IN. |
just how I could smuggle adispateh
into the Omaha Bee at this distance
about 400 miles away, for I have sent
them mpny dispatches before this one
is something will leave for others
to EXPLAIN and just what caused them
to retract after having published my
dispatch, is also a mystery to me. Mrs.
Reid, as l understand. arrived in
Omaha about October LIST. The pro-
prietor Of the Omaha Bee, whatever
else may be said about him. is strictly
temperate in his habits, and of good
moral character, but to a mar up a tree,
to say the least Of him. his actions in
this matter look a little suspicious, and
[ fear this once strong man in an evil
hour, fell by the wayside.
When Mrs. Reid procured warrant
in Custer county, for the arrest Of this
colored man, for a crime allegedto have
been committed in Fail River county
she contemplated having him i'm.
mediately taken to Custer county and
there, before the unfortunate negro
conld have any chance to defend him.
self she. with her immense wealth and
influence. and her cut-and-dried story
which She would tell with great dra-
matte effect. have him hanged by a
mob. in which case the world at large
would have said it served the nigser
right. Mrs. Reid is a dangerous
woman. In the language of the Sioux
Indian she is bad medicine
Respectfully.
JAMEs l.. SMITH.